The best recommendation I can have is my own talents, and the fruits of my own labors, and what others will not do for me, I will try and do for myself. John James Audubon More Quotes by John James Audubon More Quotes From John James Audubon Almost every day, instead of going to school when I ought to have gone, I usually made for the fields, where I spent the day. John James Audubon fields made school Thank God it has rained all day. I say thank God, though rain is no rarity, because it is the duty of every man to be thankful for whatever happens by the will of the Omnipotent Creator; yet it was not so agreeable to any of my party as a fine day would have been. John James Audubon party rain men The Fur Company may be called the exterminating medium of these wild and almost uninhabitable regions, which cupidity or the love of money alone would induce man to venture into. Where can I now go and find nature undisturbed? John James Audubon fur may men Because my father was often absent on naval duty, my mother suffered me to do much as I pleased John James Audubon navy mother father How could I make a little book, when I have seen enough to make a dozen large books? John James Audubon dozen littles book But the moment a bird was dead, no matter how beautiful it had been in life, the pleasure of possession became blunted for me. John James Audubon matter beautiful bird . . .nature indifferently copied is far superior to the best idealities. John James Audubon superiors nature The nature of the place...whether high or low, moist or dry, whether sloping north or south, or bearing tall trees or low shrubs...generally gives hint as to its inhabitants. John James Audubon hints tree giving To have been torn from the study would have been as death; my time was entirely occupied with art. John James Audubon torn study art If I can procure three hundred good substantial names of persons, or bodies, or institutions, I cannot fail to do well for my family, although I must abandon my life to its success, and undergo many sad perplexities and perhaps never see again my own beloved America. John James Audubon three names america To repay evils with kindness is the religion I was taught to practise, and this will forever be my rule. John James Audubon evil kindness forever I cannot help but think a curious event is this life of mine John James Audubon events helping thinking I wish I had eight pairs of hands, and another body to shoot the specimens. John James Audubon eight wish hands Poor France, thy fine climate, rich vineyards, and the wishes of the learned avail nothing; thou art a destitute beggar, and not the powerful friend thou wert represented to me. John James Audubon powerful wish art On landing at New York I caught the yellow fever by walking to the bank at Greenwich to get the money to which my father's letter of credit entitled me. The kind man who commanded the ship that brought me from France, whose name was a common one, John Smith, took particular charge of me, removed me to Morristown, N. J., and placed me under the care of two Quaker ladies who kept a boarding - house. To their skilful and untiring ministrations I may safely say I owe the prolongation of my life. John James Audubon kind-man new-york men All trembling, I reached the Falls of Niagara, and oh, what a scene! My blood shudders still, although I am not a coward, at the grandeur of the Creators power; and I gazed motionless on this new display of the irresistible force of one of His elements. John James Audubon illusions-of-grandeur blood fall I looked long and carefully at the picture of a stag painted by Landseer - the style was good, and the brush was handled with fine effect, but he fails in copying Nature, without which the best work will be a failure. John James Audubon copying style long I purchased excellent and beautiful horses, visited all such neighbors as I found in congenial spirits, and was as happy as happy could be. John James Audubon horse spirit beautiful To be a good draftsman was to me a blessing. John James Audubon draftsman blessing One day I caught four Dolphins, how much I have gazed at these beautiful creatures... as they changed their hue in twenty varieties of richest arrangement of tints. John James Audubon dolphins one-day beautiful
